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Infiltration injection local anaesthetic vs no treatment or placebo: Lip or cheek biting
- Population
- Children and young people aged 17 years or younger having dental treatment (including extractions) under general anaesthesia (secondary care)
- Intervention
- Infiltration injection local anaesthetic
- Comparison
- no treatment or placebo
- Outcome
- Lip or cheek biting
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Infiltration injection local anaesthetic vs No treatment or placebo Lip or cheek biting · Children and young people aged 17 years or younger having dental treatment (including extractions) under general… Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for… (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes | Coulthard 2006: lip/cheek biting 3/70 (LA) vs 1/69 (placebo), P=0.62; Townsend 2009: 4/11 vs 1/12, P=0.16; no statistically significant difference | 2 studies · 162 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for dental treatment in children and… 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2014-01-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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